Data Visualisation and Dashboard design DATAVIS

COURSE CONTENT:

The training is divided into four parts. Each consists of both theory and practical assignments.

Part 1: Visual and Quantitative Thinking

• • What is data visualisation and where does it come from?
• • How does our brain process visual information?
• • What type of data do we have and how can we best visualize it?

Part 2: Visualising data effectively

• • How do you make data easy and understandable to read?
• • What are the basic principles and guidelines?
• • What are the main pitfalls in data visualisation?

Part 3: Building blocks of data visualizations

• • Which basic blocks do data visualisations consist of?
• • When is it better to use a table and when a graph?
• • What type of table/graph works best in a given situation?
• • How do you create a composite visualisation, the management dashboard?

Part 4:

• • What is the data visualisation process like?
• • Arguing with data, data storytelling.
• • Making agreements within your organisation, the data visualization style guide.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

This training course is developed for anyone who would like to understand and analyse data more quickly and communicate that data more clearly.

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

• • This course is also practical, so you will work with data hands-on. You will learn to choose the most appropriate visualisation form, so your organization can easily read the data and draw the right conclusions.
• • This training course is given software-independently and is suitable for any tool you work with (e.g. Cognos, PowerBI, SAS, Tableau or Excel)
• • This course teaches the insight into what makes a user-friendly dashboard and the skills to make it readable and comprehensible, so that the right decisions can be made by leaders and management.

COURSE PREREQUISITES:

No prior training course or knowledge required.

FOLLOW ON COURSES:

• BDF, Big Data Fundamentals
• DATE, Data and Technology in depth
• DATALIT, Data Literacy
• VS, Visual Storytelling
• ZT, Zakelijk Tekenen